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what can we expect going up to the elections? >> parliamentary elections will still show this division but i do not think the islamists will get the majority this time. the opposition is trying to unify itself and offer economic progress and that is what the muslim brotherhood is doing. they are leading moral discussions and the people know they cannot beat freedom or sharia law. >> he has been a hugely controversial figure. how you think he will emerge? stronger or weaker? >> he seems to be strong after the constitutional referendum, but i'm afraid you will get weaker. not able to bring egyptians together and if he will not lead to more division in the country. egypt is on the verge of economic collapse. they need a strong leadership which is having confidence in political issues and that is what the muslim brotherhood is not having right now. >> do you think mohamed morsi is capable to leave them out of the economic crisis? >> he is not the right man at the moment because he does not seem to be president of the egyptians. >> an
what can we expect going up to the elections? >> parliamentary elections will still show this division but i do not think the islamists will get the majority this time. the opposition is trying to unify itself and offer economic progress and that is what the muslim brotherhood is doing. they are leading moral discussions and the people know they cannot beat freedom or sharia law. >> he has been a hugely controversial figure. how you think he will emerge? stronger or weaker? >>...
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at a recent conference, she rallied the troops for an election in september. >> we have kept our promise. through our leadership, germany has emerged stronger. >> she repeated her tough stance on bailouts and the need for budgetary tightening that made her so popular in germany, but her problem is even coming first in the elections will not be enough. >> she has a very unstable coalition. she needs the coalition right now. she is considered to be a favorite coalition partner. >> at this time, the arithmetic suggests that her new coalition partner after the vote will be her biggest political opponent. this would likely signal a shift away from their hardline austerity in europe. at least at the 2013 predictions are borne out. she may have steered a steady course in the euro zone, a sovereign debt, and banking crisis, but the journey is far from over. >> problems will come again from the financial crisis. we do not know what state of emergency will pop up in the next year. the global economy. >> 2013 they also be the year when germany starts to feel what much of the world has suffered thro
at a recent conference, she rallied the troops for an election in september. >> we have kept our promise. through our leadership, germany has emerged stronger. >> she repeated her tough stance on bailouts and the need for budgetary tightening that made her so popular in germany, but her problem is even coming first in the elections will not be enough. >> she has a very unstable coalition. she needs the coalition right now. she is considered to be a favorite coalition partner....
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raising the alarm over germany's reported plans the measures are due to be rolled out after next year's elections and would apparently raise the retirement age height taxes cut welfare bring europe to a grinding halt according to the i.m.f. and on top of that is peter all of a discovered it's unlikely to make dejected voters and happy. they're top of the european tree but don't think germans feel that they have nothing to grumble about a v.f. un back in the park to show their measuring public mood by telephone and face to face through thousands of interviews we've got a pretty good idea of what the people are thinking stats boffins have been gauging the country's mood to come up with the biggest moans of the year from your average german at number five it's national debt it's better to give than to receive at this time of year but germans festive spirit ran out long ago over chancellor merkel being a little too generous and bailing out countries like greece especially when it's their money and for is climate change the mayan world ending prophecy may have turned out to be hocus pocus but germans
raising the alarm over germany's reported plans the measures are due to be rolled out after next year's elections and would apparently raise the retirement age height taxes cut welfare bring europe to a grinding halt according to the i.m.f. and on top of that is peter all of a discovered it's unlikely to make dejected voters and happy. they're top of the european tree but don't think germans feel that they have nothing to grumble about a v.f. un back in the park to show their measuring public...
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presidential election twenty we had three cameras up on this roof correspondents throughout moscow and i mean you come across lines throughout the night it was a great night wasn't a little color was right behind us was in it but but so one point when putin came out to show me like crowds the way cost to move the thousands and thousands of people but also celebrating his victory one of the main points the unprecedented protests that took place up to that election work and protest rallies that never really feels like we're actually taking part in the event it was during one of the massive protests rallies in moscow on bolotnaya square that it really hit people the first time when i saw the crowd walking it's easy to park right next to ours another station and i realized how soon was people. really turned uncontrollable or was second and held then just as easily chaos rebirth of people trying to get the political point across in the past twelve months. the best way to do that would be a bag on your head and do some right be dancing in a cathedral the one thing that was important to get a
presidential election twenty we had three cameras up on this roof correspondents throughout moscow and i mean you come across lines throughout the night it was a great night wasn't a little color was right behind us was in it but but so one point when putin came out to show me like crowds the way cost to move the thousands and thousands of people but also celebrating his victory one of the main points the unprecedented protests that took place up to that election work and protest rallies that...
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with no presidential election, no stimulus programs on the horizon and healthcare reform upheld, 2013 should be smooth sailing for the economy, right? to almost no one's surprise, it's not that simple. despite that, in our cover story, we found a few people willing to stick their necks out and share with us their predictions. most everyone we found had reason for measured optimism. housing prices, for example, are going up. "there's hope that you can climb out. that's just a game- changer." and that opens up housing- related investment, which in turn may help stocks. "i see certain sectors helping the stock market. i see that true of the housing sector. look at real estate, look at building supplies, things that have been down in the past." as for jobs, john challenger says though the economy has been adding an average of 150,000 jobs a month, we may not need that many to make unemployment itself go down. the reason - baby boomers. "there are many more baby boomers retiring, so we don't need nearly as many new jobs as we did a decade ago." as for overseas trade, china's economy is pre
with no presidential election, no stimulus programs on the horizon and healthcare reform upheld, 2013 should be smooth sailing for the economy, right? to almost no one's surprise, it's not that simple. despite that, in our cover story, we found a few people willing to stick their necks out and share with us their predictions. most everyone we found had reason for measured optimism. housing prices, for example, are going up. "there's hope that you can climb out. that's just a game-...
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. >> egypt's election commission says nearly 64% of voters approved the constitution in tibia will rounds of balloting, a clear majority, but the overall turnout was only about 33%. with the official results in, the constitution's islamists supporters are looking ahead. the muslim -- the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party says it is time to focus on the challenges ahead. >> this is a priority for us. in addition, we want to discuss with other parties concerning what other laws are implemented in order to speed up economic reform. >> the president ordered the upper house of parliament to convene. elections for the lower house have to be held by the end of february. >> in russia, a bill banning american citizens from adopting russian children has won final approval from parliament there. >> president vladimir putin has already hinted he will sign it. angry citizens gathered in front of parliament to protest. they say children should not become victims of politics. the ban 1 unanimous support in the upper house of parliament. moscow sees the bill of -- as retaliation. all of us h
. >> egypt's election commission says nearly 64% of voters approved the constitution in tibia will rounds of balloting, a clear majority, but the overall turnout was only about 33%. with the official results in, the constitution's islamists supporters are looking ahead. the muslim -- the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party says it is time to focus on the challenges ahead. >> this is a priority for us. in addition, we want to discuss with other parties concerning what...
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if he is unable to do that, venezuela could holding new presidential election. >> with all of us wishing each other happy new year, we decided we wanted to slow things down and ask what your wishing for other people? >> what usually comes down to his happiness. it is a profoundly individual question, so we decided to travel around the world and find out what happiness and being happy means as we enter the new year. >> philosophically speaking, you're happy when you do not even feel it. happiness is this right here, being with our friends, our sons. feeling good. that is happiness. >> we are always happy when we have worked. if you do not work, you do not make any money and then you have nothing to do. >> traveling around the world. these are moments of fun. >> happiness means everything to me. if you aren't happy, your heart starts to a can that will kill you. i let my anchor go because i do not want to be angry. -- i let my anger go. >> i think god that i'm alive. -- i thank god. you have to be grateful and happy that you are alive. >> that was pretty funny, going to the championships w
if he is unable to do that, venezuela could holding new presidential election. >> with all of us wishing each other happy new year, we decided we wanted to slow things down and ask what your wishing for other people? >> what usually comes down to his happiness. it is a profoundly individual question, so we decided to travel around the world and find out what happiness and being happy means as we enter the new year. >> philosophically speaking, you're happy when you do not even...
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the election commission also rejected opposition claims of polling irregularities. the constitution, backed by president morsi, and his muslim brotherhood party, has divided egypt. opponents say it neglects the rights of women and minorities and vowed to contest it. and egypt has imposed currency restrictions on the amount of hard cash people can bring into or out of the country. no one will be allowed to carry more than $10,000. officials are worried about a rush by egyptians to withdraw their savings. the central bank has spent billions propping up the egyptian pound since the popular uprising that toppled president mubarak in 2011. the protests have worsened its economic position, driving away tourists and investors, stopping growth and pushing up the state deficit. that israel has approved the construction of 940 new homes -- >> israel has approved the construction of 940 new homes on the outskirts of jerusalem. for palestinians, the land as part of east jerusalem, which would serve as the capital of a future state. they say settlements there violate internation
the election commission also rejected opposition claims of polling irregularities. the constitution, backed by president morsi, and his muslim brotherhood party, has divided egypt. opponents say it neglects the rights of women and minorities and vowed to contest it. and egypt has imposed currency restrictions on the amount of hard cash people can bring into or out of the country. no one will be allowed to carry more than $10,000. officials are worried about a rush by egyptians to withdraw their...
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proud scot and chancellor of the exchequer at the height of the financial crisis after labor lost the election in two thousand and ten he withdrew from the front benches but now he's back as to darling thank you for talking to us first of all tell me what prompted you to come back to frontline politics i think the main thing is the future of scotland matters to me at the moment the united kingdom is over three hundred years old and its future matters this isn't a general election where you decide the government for four or five years and if you don't like it you could only get another one this is one that if we decide to change you would decide to become independent of the rest united kingdom is something could last three hundred years for ever and i happen to think that it's one way ticket to a deeply uncertain destination that's why i'm involved in it so now you are a leading voice in the better together campaign tell me why are we better together i think the three reasons firstly there is the emotional the cultural ties that bind the united kingdom together i've riggs ample scottish and i'm
proud scot and chancellor of the exchequer at the height of the financial crisis after labor lost the election in two thousand and ten he withdrew from the front benches but now he's back as to darling thank you for talking to us first of all tell me what prompted you to come back to frontline politics i think the main thing is the future of scotland matters to me at the moment the united kingdom is over three hundred years old and its future matters this isn't a general election where you...
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they could be presidential elections if the parties concerned agree to it, or parliamentary elections.% >> but what role syria's president assad might play -- on that brahimi said nothing. syria's opposition has already dismissed his suggestions. hope for a rapid end to the bloodshed seems optimistic. >> syria will be the special focus later this half hour. >> we will have a special report from the turkish-syrian border. in other news, u.s. president barack obama has broken off his christmas vacation to resume talks on the so-called fiscal cliff, taxes and spending cuts unless democrats and republicans reach a deal by new year's eve. >> nearly all the major players in those negotiations are starting to agree on one thing, and that is that a deal is virtually impossible by that deadline. senior officials say there is little hope of a grand bargain to shave trillions of dollars off of america's mountain of debt. >> applause for the bell at the start of the trading day is a daily ritual at the new york stock exchange, despite the enthusiasm, traders are keeping an anxious eye on share pr
they could be presidential elections if the parties concerned agree to it, or parliamentary elections.% >> but what role syria's president assad might play -- on that brahimi said nothing. syria's opposition has already dismissed his suggestions. hope for a rapid end to the bloodshed seems optimistic. >> syria will be the special focus later this half hour. >> we will have a special report from the turkish-syrian border. in other news, u.s. president barack obama has broken...
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that just took place everybody followed the us elections it was a very tight race between president obama and mitt romney in france we've had a new president elected and people follow that in russia there was an election but not much choice and in china there wasn't even the pretend to be they didn't pretend to elect a new leader they just put someone there and people don't want that people want democracy people want to say people want to play a role in their societies china does not offer that to them in the political sphere and therefore i believe for a long time coming there's not going to be a chinese century alexander what about the middle class what it would happy said about the middle class because that's the power of the west traditionally. yes i mean the middle class is very strong in the west t.v. is right there are problems we have a declining middle class that is something we have to fight but for the time being we are both the most competitive societies and the most equitable societies if you look at the distribution of income in china in russia in brazil you will see t
that just took place everybody followed the us elections it was a very tight race between president obama and mitt romney in france we've had a new president elected and people follow that in russia there was an election but not much choice and in china there wasn't even the pretend to be they didn't pretend to elect a new leader they just put someone there and people don't want that people want democracy people want to say people want to play a role in their societies china does not offer that...
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moment the united kingdom is over three hundred years old and its future matters this isn't a general election where you decide the government for four or five years and if you don't like it you could only get another one this is one that if we decide to change you would decide to become independent from the rest united kingdom if something could last three hundred years it's for ever and i happen to think that it's one way ticket to a deeply uncertain destination that's why i'm involved in it so now you are a leading voice in the better together campaign tell me why are we better together i think the three reasons firstly there is the emotional the cultural ties that bind the united kingdom together i've riggs ample scottish and i'm also british and i'm proud of being both and i don't see why i go to choose and you know if you look at the olympics in the summer time i didn't change things in the last few betoken like that but it brought to the surface i think something that was already there a very powerful bond between the nations of the country secondly we have more influence of the united
moment the united kingdom is over three hundred years old and its future matters this isn't a general election where you decide the government for four or five years and if you don't like it you could only get another one this is one that if we decide to change you would decide to become independent from the rest united kingdom if something could last three hundred years it's for ever and i happen to think that it's one way ticket to a deeply uncertain destination that's why i'm involved in it...
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of marriage equality and we saw voters in four states echo that commitment to marriage equality on election day affirming the rights of gays and lesbians to get married we also saw voters in two states washington and colorado strike a blow to richard nixon's failed drug war by legalizing and regulating marijuana and we saw some progressive icons get elected to congress like a loop of the war in the senate and alan grayson in the house and we saw the labor movement revived in places like wisconsin michigan and ohio and yet despite these progressive achievements there was a lot of bad news for progress as well as we see in the current fiscal cliff negotiations austerity is still the main focus of lawmakers rather than talking about raising the minimum wage we're talking about just how many millionaires are going to get to keep their bush tax cuts rather than talking about health care for all we're talking about how would you hit future social security recipients are going to take on their benefits and nowhere is there any progress on climate change i mean progressive still have a lot of work
of marriage equality and we saw voters in four states echo that commitment to marriage equality on election day affirming the rights of gays and lesbians to get married we also saw voters in two states washington and colorado strike a blow to richard nixon's failed drug war by legalizing and regulating marijuana and we saw some progressive icons get elected to congress like a loop of the war in the senate and alan grayson in the house and we saw the labor movement revived in places like...
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election i did six thousand miles in six southwest states i saw poverty all over. twenty years ago i used to go to the south. where what's going on in parts of nevada in parts of utah and parts of colorado now days to twenty years ago you know it. is graphic anybody in europe is more complicated for instance i have lots of friends in spain my son lives in barcelona for that matter so i'm in close contact what's going on inside spain's unemployment rate for the new generation the google facebook generation now is fifty percent so even if you go to a good school or even a technical school. it is in spain after wars there's no jobs so the solution for them is to immigrate to south america over here you know any in europe is more complicated have parts of germany which have some of the best standard of living anywhere in the world you have northeastern italy for instance which has a tradition of small premiership you go to a small. construction area. making clothes gucci styling florence or making food in bali and export all over the world but it is they've been doing
election i did six thousand miles in six southwest states i saw poverty all over. twenty years ago i used to go to the south. where what's going on in parts of nevada in parts of utah and parts of colorado now days to twenty years ago you know it. is graphic anybody in europe is more complicated for instance i have lots of friends in spain my son lives in barcelona for that matter so i'm in close contact what's going on inside spain's unemployment rate for the new generation the google facebook...
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a few weeks later was the election for president. nicolas sarkozy was bounced out after one term replaced by france what holland -- france what --fracois hollande of the socialist party. for the first time in many decades the entire french government is controlled by the socialist party and the socialist party ran on the following platform -- austerity is not tolerable. we cannot allow the french people to be required to pay the cost of a capitalist system that could not solve its problems. the first two commitments of the new government were to raise the income tax bracket on the highest earners from its current rate, 45% compared to the united states which is 35%, raise it from 45% to 75%, and that has been passed. it past the parliament because the socialists who proposed it have the absolute majority in all the houses and the second thing was to use some of the money to be brought in by taxing the rich to higher, which he has now done, 40,000 new school teachers across france. these are symbolic acts and the fight is far from ove
a few weeks later was the election for president. nicolas sarkozy was bounced out after one term replaced by france what holland -- france what --fracois hollande of the socialist party. for the first time in many decades the entire french government is controlled by the socialist party and the socialist party ran on the following platform -- austerity is not tolerable. we cannot allow the french people to be required to pay the cost of a capitalist system that could not solve its problems. the...
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he lost that election. he did not have to call for that election. he called for it to lose it, to stay at home. he has not spoken since. he is having a nice holiday. and then there was papandreou. i was an advisor up until 2006. so i am not to blame. who unfortunately, he did not see the crisis of the eurozone collapsing. the eurozone had no foundation. there was an earthquake. it starts unraveling with greece. and let's say between 1995 2008 god and his angels descended on an athens and ran the show. with rationality, omniscience, ethos, and morality. greece would not have been the first domino to fall. but it would have been the third. grace would have fallen after ireland or possibly after portugal. it was never designed to sustain a crisis like 2008. we were doomed. finally, the united states that we know today is the result of the crisis of the 19th century and the early 20th century. 1 very preciously saw the crisis -- and still there is a commonality of debt, and effective recycling of debt, the road be no such thing as a nation that was sust
he lost that election. he did not have to call for that election. he called for it to lose it, to stay at home. he has not spoken since. he is having a nice holiday. and then there was papandreou. i was an advisor up until 2006. so i am not to blame. who unfortunately, he did not see the crisis of the eurozone collapsing. the eurozone had no foundation. there was an earthquake. it starts unraveling with greece. and let's say between 1995 2008 god and his angels descended on an athens and ran...
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>> stop [ bleep ] on my lawn. >> this election is over. >> just forget about the election. >> and get back to this. >> ow! charlie! that really hurt. >> so, i think what we're trying to say is -- >> please. >> i beg of you. >> leave me alone! >> and seriously who is [ bleep ] in my yard? >> this ad is paid by everyone. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: forward that to your friends. you know, it turned out the election wasn't as close as a lot of people thought it would be. mitt romney, though he had to be disappointed, he gave a very nice concession speech. he was very gracious. he congratulated the president. he urged americans to come together. if the speech was any indication, i have a feeling mitt romney is going to be just fine. >> i so wish i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. but the nation chose another leader and so, ann and i join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation. thank you and god bless america. you guys are the best. thank you. >> jimmy: awesome. if i knew he had a jet pack -- he should have mention
>> stop [ bleep ] on my lawn. >> this election is over. >> just forget about the election. >> and get back to this. >> ow! charlie! that really hurt. >> so, i think what we're trying to say is -- >> please. >> i beg of you. >> leave me alone! >> and seriously who is [ bleep ] in my yard? >> this ad is paid by everyone. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: forward that to your friends. you know, it turned out the election...
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human rights groups are also aging the gulf kingdom to end its bloody crackdown on public gatherings elect heads he looks at who's really benefiting from the two years of unrest. when it came to supporting calls for democracy in middle eastern or north african states while denouncing government sponsored violence leaders of the west were vocally critical from our graphic has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave out a very clear message for president which is it is time for him to go but when scenes of violent clashes between riot police and reform company risk came from bahrain the definition of democracy shifted and rhetoric softened. in the summer of the us state department came up with a statement expressing its concerns over the human rights situation and alleged torture in bahrain this was only several months after washington had restarted weapons sales to this gulf state dissenters in bahrain have been directing anger at their government for months now stop arming the killers is a message they are more often sending out to the west some of the in bahrain blood is worthless and t
human rights groups are also aging the gulf kingdom to end its bloody crackdown on public gatherings elect heads he looks at who's really benefiting from the two years of unrest. when it came to supporting calls for democracy in middle eastern or north african states while denouncing government sponsored violence leaders of the west were vocally critical from our graphic has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave out a very clear message for president which is it is time for him to go but...
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as much as it was at the beginning of the year, but the eu faces problems in 2013 as well -- a new election in italy could put silvio berlusconi back in power, and france's francois hollande has to tackle urgent issues at home, so there is plenty of work for europ's firefighters next year. >> the past year, we have often brought you images of very angry protests in greece that were mostly against the harsh austerity measures imposed by the government in return for a bailout funds from lenders. >> without this, greece would certainly have gone bankrupt, but it still a long way from clear that the bailout and the reforms they are tied to will get the economy back on the road to recovery. >> meanwhile, the suffering continues for the greek people. the situation is especially dire in rural villages. >> we are on our way to a village on the border with bulgaria. most of the village's 500 inhabitants are muslim -- a minority in the orthodox christian country. the village also claims the dubious distinction of being the poorest village in greece, with an average income of roughly 6000 euros a year
as much as it was at the beginning of the year, but the eu faces problems in 2013 as well -- a new election in italy could put silvio berlusconi back in power, and france's francois hollande has to tackle urgent issues at home, so there is plenty of work for europ's firefighters next year. >> the past year, we have often brought you images of very angry protests in greece that were mostly against the harsh austerity measures imposed by the government in return for a bailout funds from...
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direct result of what happened on nine eleven and our military leaders our president and most of our elected members of congress all agree that these drone strikes are necessary to keep americans safe and this effort president obama has his own kill list and he's authorized deadly strikes against american citizens abroad with out first affording these individuals a trial in response to terrorism we have killer drones plus all the trappings of a surveillance state here at home but what we what do we as a nation what have we done in response to gun violence nothing well which is odd considering that since two thousand americans have a one in three point five million chance of getting killed in a terrorist attack not only that if you don't account for american war zones in iraq and afghanistan then islamic terrorism killed at most four hundred people in two thousand and eleven roughly the same number of people who died in their bathtubs that same year in the united states alone. on the other hand on average thirty thousand americans die every single year by way of gun violence and since nine hu
direct result of what happened on nine eleven and our military leaders our president and most of our elected members of congress all agree that these drone strikes are necessary to keep americans safe and this effort president obama has his own kill list and he's authorized deadly strikes against american citizens abroad with out first affording these individuals a trial in response to terrorism we have killer drones plus all the trappings of a surveillance state here at home but what we what...
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[laughter] but i think, again, i can speak to this personally because now that i am an elected official, the only woman serving on that body and the first woman of color in that body in its history -- mass. [applause] now, why does that matter, why is that relevant? i appreciate the applause, it has nothing to do with a personal achievement. i think it's a shared victory for all of us. it means that the solutions we're developing in government are more comprehensive and fully informed because of that perspective. so i've thought a great deal about this issue of attraction and retex, but more than that, how do we keep native bostonians? because we were losing young people who had been, who were raised here who were going someplace else. they do come back, though, i have to say that. they sort of go on this pill grammage to see what is out there, but they do come back. and so to ed's point and barbara's as well around social issues, this is an issue i'm working on. again, we have 22 distinctive neighborhoods, and it's very easy for us to be very siloed. and i think what young professional
[laughter] but i think, again, i can speak to this personally because now that i am an elected official, the only woman serving on that body and the first woman of color in that body in its history -- mass. [applause] now, why does that matter, why is that relevant? i appreciate the applause, it has nothing to do with a personal achievement. i think it's a shared victory for all of us. it means that the solutions we're developing in government are more comprehensive and fully informed because...
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it seems as though there is a sign of election reform, the process itself, the day of elections that would be reasonably easy to do something about. for me, i have just come through an election, so, of course, as all of you have, probably as intensely if not more so than i have, with the press. but it seems as though -- to me, the vote is sacred. it is the democratic moment. it is the moment of the actual act of self-government is when we choose our representatives. and in the american experiment, this democratic light of the world -- it seems to me as though the vote is the moment, and why we -- we have off the 4th of july, independence day, and we give those days off, so it just seems -- [applause] we have -- there was something like 60%, 63% participation of eligible voters this election. off-year elections it is more like the 40%. average them out, we get 50% of our voters to the polls, and that is not good enough for what america is and for what it means. for some reason, we are dropping that ball. we need to have that day off to vote, we need to have the polls open for a week.
it seems as though there is a sign of election reform, the process itself, the day of elections that would be reasonably easy to do something about. for me, i have just come through an election, so, of course, as all of you have, probably as intensely if not more so than i have, with the press. but it seems as though -- to me, the vote is sacred. it is the democratic moment. it is the moment of the actual act of self-government is when we choose our representatives. and in the american...
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louis machine that got truman re-elected in 1940, and ed pauley. ed pauley was a california oil millionaire who said, i went into politics and realized it was cheaper to reflect new congress than buy the old one. he later gets indicted for a good reason. >> his name is on the pavilion in ucla. >> right. the -- so they decided they're going to try to surround roosevelt with all people who are hostile to wallace to convince him he can't get re-elected if wallace was on the ticket. wallace had enemies in 1941 when henry luce made the speech that the 20th center is going to be the united states century and the united states is going to dominate the world economically and politically, and wallace responsibled to that and made a famous speech that the 20th 20th century should not be the american century. it should be the century of the common man. we need a worldwide revolution in the tradition of the french. he calls for ending colonialism, ending cartels, spreading the fruits of science and technology around the world. and he had enemies. his enemies w
louis machine that got truman re-elected in 1940, and ed pauley. ed pauley was a california oil millionaire who said, i went into politics and realized it was cheaper to reflect new congress than buy the old one. he later gets indicted for a good reason. >> his name is on the pavilion in ucla. >> right. the -- so they decided they're going to try to surround roosevelt with all people who are hostile to wallace to convince him he can't get re-elected if wallace was on the ticket....
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it's the base that elected him. if he were to get immigration through, he starts on a successful platform, and then maybe move to the other ones. >> there is incentive for republicans to cooperate on immigration. >> the sad thing for fiscal cliff is we'll be stuck in trench warfare for another couple of years. make sure you do it with a bush type comprehensive package. then you break the trench warfare. you get some from column a and column b, and then maybe you can do the things you want to do. the second big issue, the same thing for a coalition is tax reform. >> but the question tom raises when we're talking about guns, there's a larger approach.does opportunity on gun control if there's a big mental health aspect to it, if there's more to it, tom? >> well, that's what i think. i think it has to be holistic. i'm not an assault weapon fan of any kind, but i know people who go out to the target ranges and feel strongly that they have a second amendment right to fire them off as many times as they want to with 30-ro
it's the base that elected him. if he were to get immigration through, he starts on a successful platform, and then maybe move to the other ones. >> there is incentive for republicans to cooperate on immigration. >> the sad thing for fiscal cliff is we'll be stuck in trench warfare for another couple of years. make sure you do it with a bush type comprehensive package. then you break the trench warfare. you get some from column a and column b, and then maybe you can do the things...
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election coming up in pakistan. fragile situation in india in any case with governments not functioning well. you can never rule that sort of thing out. the key point here is we're going back to national politics rather than -- >> alistair, thank you very much for your time today. alistair newton. thank you also to you, jonathan, jonathan allen. that's it for today. take care. good-bye. >>> good morning. president obama will meet with congressional leaders again today i
election coming up in pakistan. fragile situation in india in any case with governments not functioning well. you can never rule that sort of thing out. the key point here is we're going back to national politics rather than -- >> alistair, thank you very much for your time today. alistair newton. thank you also to you, jonathan, jonathan allen. that's it for today. take care. good-bye. >>> good morning. president obama will meet with congressional leaders again today i
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he lost that election. he did not have to call for that election. he called for it to lose it, to stay at home. he has not spoken since. he is having a nice holiday. and then there was papandreou. i was an advisor up until 2006. so i am not to blame. who unfortunately, he did not see the crisis of the eurozone collapsing. the eurozone had no foundation. there was an earthquake. it starts unraveling with greece. now, let's say between 1995 and 2008 god and his angels descended on an athens and ran the show. with rationality, omniscience, ethos, and morality. greece would not have been the first domino to fall. but it would have been the third. grace would have fallen after ireland or possibly after portugal. it was never designed to sustain a crisis like 2008. we were doomed. finally, the united states that we know today is the result of the crisis of the 19th century and the early 20th century. 1 very preciously saw the crisis -- and still there is a commonality of debt, and effective recycling of debt, the road be no such thing as a nation that was
he lost that election. he did not have to call for that election. he called for it to lose it, to stay at home. he has not spoken since. he is having a nice holiday. and then there was papandreou. i was an advisor up until 2006. so i am not to blame. who unfortunately, he did not see the crisis of the eurozone collapsing. the eurozone had no foundation. there was an earthquake. it starts unraveling with greece. now, let's say between 1995 and 2008 god and his angels descended on an athens and...
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the result of the election day vote approving same sex marriage. next on tonight's cbs evening news, veterans return from war to fight new battles at home.cec breathe, so i can't sleep. and the next day i pay for it. i tried decongestants... i tossed and turned... i even vaporized. and then i fought back with drug-free breathe right. these nasal strips instantly open my nose, like a breath of fresh air. i was breathing and sleeping better. [ female announcer ] exercise your right to breathe...